March 9, 1500 Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India March 9, 1497 Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation, March 9, 1496 Jews are expelled from Carintha Austria March 9, 1454 Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America) March 9, 1452 Pope Nicolaas I crowns Frederik III RC-German emperor